I may be wrong, but I would suggest that Apache helicopters were not sending their footage live over the air as the UAVs mentioned in the story were. If it were being sent live back to an operational command a la Blackhawk Down, the situation would likely be different.
Whoever gave them that time, if they are an American, is a Patriot. If they are not, they are a true friend of Freedom and Truth and Justice.
Agreed. It is a symbol of our weakness if we are unwilling/unable to restrain our power if we cannot exercise such power without this level of "collateral damage."
Thank freaking christ they did do it. It is extremely important for us to understand what exactly our guys are doing/did over there. In a democracy, it is incumbent that the voting citizenry understand the impact of the decisions it makes.
I agree, man. He was lining up a photo from behind the wall -- it was just a zoom lens. These guys clearly had AK-47s, which others are also mistaking for RPG tubes due to blurred imagery -- I don't think that people realize how long AK-47s are.
In any case, neither the lens nor the AK-47s were pointed at any American forces, or for that matter -- pointed at anything at all. This was just a case of trigger happy gunship operators.
Who would have forgotten?
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Well, it was 2001. Some of our users were eating all their food out of gerber jars at the time.
Requirements defined by the user
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There are really very few use cases for which actual multitasking (or, more accurately, allowing third party background tasks) is required on a device like this.
Frankly, the requirements for "a device like this" are defined by the user. I would suggest that since almost every operating system on a device with a screen resolution of the iPad supports windowed multi-tasking, it's probably something that is wanted by the user. Just a guess, though -- just as I suspect with your opinion, I do not have data from a user survey to back this up.
You hit the 'Home' button, go do whatever you're doing, and come back. Yes, the chat app will technically quit in the background, but it will re-launch almost instantly, and you'll be notified of any new incoming messages via push notifications even while it's closed, so what's the difference?
What if you get an e-mail from a business associate asking for a price of one of your widgets? You would have to memorize what the quantity was, go to your spreadsheet app, and pull that price from the list and memorize it. Then you have to go back and write it in the e-mail. Room for error? I think so.
Am I saying that everyone is going to be using this thing for purposes other than youtube or reading the news? No, but it would be nice if you could, wouldn't it?
Works with standard iMac bluetooth keyboard
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The original announcement said that there would be a Bluetooth keyboard available, although I haven't bothered to check if it's available now.
It would be 100% more fun to play with if it had a camera.
Agreed. Could you imagine sitting on a bench, bus, or barstool and skyping from this thing? I hate to toss around the word "killer app," but I do believe that kind of functionality would turn heads.
Some might have forgotten...
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In favor of multi tasking...
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But what about when you want to quickly use some other app? Then you have to close your chat. It's things like this that demand multitasking.
I'm not sure why you used the word "but" because my post does, in fact, lament the lack of multi-tasking. In any case, the scenario you raise is common for me -- say I get an e-mail and need to refer to some document or website. Windowed multi-tasking makes that so much more convenient -- I believe that iPad's display size would be more than enough space to have some kind of windowed multi-tasking.
iChat? Really? What about multi-tasking?
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I'm not expecting a WoW client or anything, but Chat? Seriously apple: You're on iPhone 3.something-or-other and you can't give us a chat client?
Does gmail chat/facebook chat not work in the iPad browser? If it does, this is probably better for most than some proprietary chat client. Quite frankly, I'm inclined to place the unavailability of multi-task greater than iChat.
"...the one-time leading social network is now selling user data to third party collection firms."
The term "third-party collection firm" generally leads one to think of a debt collector. There is no mention in the article of selling the data to such companies.
I would suggest that the contents of a high school government or history textbook are unlikely to guide the development of political ideas within the minds of youths. Most people develop political ideas similar to those around them that they trust -- friends, family.
Another way political ideas are developed are through personal experiences -- for example, someone in their 30s still paying off the $50,000 in student loans they ran up at age 18-22 may be more likely to support free public higher education or someone that lost their job (and health care) and then discovered cancer may be inclined to support publicly-funded health care. Someone that experienced an IRS audit or witnessed a bungled federal program first-hand may be less likely to support generous support of public institutions.
In my experience, I have spoken to few people that have reasoned their way to a political view, which would be the process by which such a textbook would impact political leanings. Just a thought...
I also want to note that high school kids are cynical as hell and are not unwilling to call bullshit on things that don't pass the smell test.
for passing that on. I remember the demonstration on the boarding passes he did, but didn't remember the name. I had no idea that he was so notable. Might have been nice for the slashdot poster to say "One security expert is concerned" combined with a link to something more helpful than the twitter page of user "csoghoian".
How about: We can't afford infinite amounts of computer power.
Well, that would not be true. Microsoft can afford to pay for the original Xbox live to continue working, they're just choosing not to prod people to buy Xbox 360s.
After all, I find it hard to believe that the cost of keeping the services for the original Xbox live games is a material item in the Xbox division's balance sheet. Do you? Do you really?
Seven years ago we laid out our vision for the connected console when we launched Xbox LIVE. We believed then that the power of the Internet to connect people would revolutionize living room entertainment. It started with amazing multiplayer games, and we’ve since seen that bet pay off again and again with the launches of Xbox 360, Marketplace, Netflix...None of this would have been possible without the success of LIVE as a multiplayer gaming network.
If you read it literally, they're claiming success for Netflix in general and facebook, twitter, and last.fm as features in Xbox 360.
I'm just saying I'm not as dumb as your comment suggests. This statement does literally claim that Xbox live resulted in launch of Netflix, if you read it literally.
...assume he means 'the launch of features to access these services from xbox live, which have been popular for the services themselves', not that he means that the services couldn't have happened without xbox live.
Good point -- that's probably what he's talking about. Given that, I'd be curious to know why anyone would twitter from an Xbox...
I'm trying to think of a scenario and -- like you're playing Madden 10 or something and you pop out of it and say "Shit yeah, TD Eagles." Wouldn't it just be easier to use your cell?
From the announcement, XBox's live director takes hyperbole of one's achievements to a new level:
Seven years ago we laid out our vision for the connected console when we launched Xbox LIVE. We believed then that the power of the Internet to connect people would revolutionize living room entertainment. It started with amazing multiplayer games, and we’ve since seen that bet pay off again and again with the launches of Xbox 360, Marketplace, Netflix and powerful social features like Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm. None of this would have been possible without the success of LIVE as a multiplayer gaming network.
Netflix, Facebook, and Twitter would never have happened without XBox live? Really?
He's a step ahead of you. He's tried doing it the right way and gotten no results. So he's going to skip the part where he wastes his time.
What time is wasted? Notifying a company of bugs is just a matter of popping an e-mail to the right person. Sure it could take a few e-mails back and forth to get to the right person, but if you compare the time spent there to the time you spent actually finding the bug, I find it hard to believe that it would be anything but insignificant.
Slashdot Mirror
I may be wrong, but I would suggest that Apache helicopters were not sending their footage live over the air as the UAVs mentioned in the story were. If it were being sent live back to an operational command a la Blackhawk Down, the situation would likely be different.
Whoever gave them that time, if they are an American, is a Patriot. If they are not, they are a true friend of Freedom and Truth and Justice.
Agreed. It is a symbol of our weakness if we are unwilling/unable to restrain our power if we cannot exercise such power without this level of "collateral damage."
Thank freaking christ they did do it. It is extremely important for us to understand what exactly our guys are doing/did over there. In a democracy, it is incumbent that the voting citizenry understand the impact of the decisions it makes.
It's an unguided subsonic (250 mph) projectile. The chance of a single round hitting a moving helicopter is pretty slim.
Regardless, just having weapons didn't make these people acceptable targets.
I want to note that every household in Iraq is allowed to have an AK-47.
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=25921
I agree, man. He was lining up a photo from behind the wall -- it was just a zoom lens. These guys clearly had AK-47s, which others are also mistaking for RPG tubes due to blurred imagery -- I don't think that people realize how long AK-47s are.
In any case, neither the lens nor the AK-47s were pointed at any American forces, or for that matter -- pointed at anything at all. This was just a case of trigger happy gunship operators.
Yes he looked like an RPG guy to me...and could've taken down the chopper at any moment.
Have you ever shot an RPG? Just curious...
It is a telephoto lens. They were reporters.
Well, it was 2001. Some of our users were eating all their food out of gerber jars at the time.
There are really very few use cases for which actual multitasking (or, more accurately, allowing third party background tasks) is required on a device like this.
Frankly, the requirements for "a device like this" are defined by the user. I would suggest that since almost every operating system on a device with a screen resolution of the iPad supports windowed multi-tasking, it's probably something that is wanted by the user. Just a guess, though -- just as I suspect with your opinion, I do not have data from a user survey to back this up.
You hit the 'Home' button, go do whatever you're doing, and come back. Yes, the chat app will technically quit in the background, but it will re-launch almost instantly, and you'll be notified of any new incoming messages via push notifications even while it's closed, so what's the difference?
What if you get an e-mail from a business associate asking for a price of one of your widgets? You would have to memorize what the quantity was, go to your spreadsheet app, and pull that price from the list and memorize it. Then you have to go back and write it in the e-mail. Room for error? I think so.
Am I saying that everyone is going to be using this thing for purposes other than youtube or reading the news? No, but it would be nice if you could, wouldn't it?
The original announcement said that there would be a Bluetooth keyboard available, although I haven't bothered to check if it's available now.
The standard iMac bluetooth keyboard works with the iPad.
It would be 100% more fun to play with if it had a camera.
Agreed. Could you imagine sitting on a bench, bus, or barstool and skyping from this thing? I hate to toss around the word "killer app," but I do believe that kind of functionality would turn heads.
The post behind this joke. Here it is:
Apple releases iPod
No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
But what about when you want to quickly use some other app? Then you have to close your chat. It's things like this that demand multitasking.
I'm not sure why you used the word "but" because my post does, in fact, lament the lack of multi-tasking. In any case, the scenario you raise is common for me -- say I get an e-mail and need to refer to some document or website. Windowed multi-tasking makes that so much more convenient -- I believe that iPad's display size would be more than enough space to have some kind of windowed multi-tasking.
I'm not expecting a WoW client or anything, but Chat? Seriously apple: You're on iPhone 3.something-or-other and you can't give us a chat client?
Does gmail chat/facebook chat not work in the iPad browser? If it does, this is probably better for most than some proprietary chat client. Quite frankly, I'm inclined to place the unavailability of multi-task greater than iChat.
"...the one-time leading social network is now selling user data to third party collection firms."
The term "third-party collection firm" generally leads one to think of a debt collector. There is no mention in the article of selling the data to such companies.
Hear me out on this.
I would suggest that the contents of a high school government or history textbook are unlikely to guide the development of political ideas within the minds of youths. Most people develop political ideas similar to those around them that they trust -- friends, family.
Another way political ideas are developed are through personal experiences -- for example, someone in their 30s still paying off the $50,000 in student loans they ran up at age 18-22 may be more likely to support free public higher education or someone that lost their job (and health care) and then discovered cancer may be inclined to support publicly-funded health care. Someone that experienced an IRS audit or witnessed a bungled federal program first-hand may be less likely to support generous support of public institutions.
In my experience, I have spoken to few people that have reasoned their way to a political view, which would be the process by which such a textbook would impact political leanings. Just a thought...
I also want to note that high school kids are cynical as hell and are not unwilling to call bullshit on things that don't pass the smell test.
Assuming that the problem is even real, or even related to content (I have my doubts, because this seems like a great marketing ploy)...
Citi's Mea Culpa
for passing that on. I remember the demonstration on the boarding passes he did, but didn't remember the name. I had no idea that he was so notable. Might have been nice for the slashdot poster to say "One security expert is concerned" combined with a link to something more helpful than the twitter page of user "csoghoian".
Is translated to "some are wondering"? Seriously, who is Christopher Soghoian and when did he become a bellweather?
How about: We can't afford infinite amounts of computer power.
Well, that would not be true. Microsoft can afford to pay for the original Xbox live to continue working, they're just choosing not to prod people to buy Xbox 360s.
After all, I find it hard to believe that the cost of keeping the services for the original Xbox live games is a material item in the Xbox division's balance sheet. Do you? Do you really?
Seven years ago we laid out our vision for the connected console when we launched Xbox LIVE. We believed then that the power of the Internet to connect people would revolutionize living room entertainment. It started with amazing multiplayer games, and we’ve since seen that bet pay off again and again with the launches of Xbox 360, Marketplace, Netflix...None of this would have been possible without the success of LIVE as a multiplayer gaming network.
If you read it literally, they're claiming success for Netflix in general and facebook, twitter, and last.fm as features in Xbox 360.
I'm just saying I'm not as dumb as your comment suggests. This statement does literally claim that Xbox live resulted in launch of Netflix, if you read it literally.
...assume he means 'the launch of features to access these services from xbox live, which have been popular for the services themselves', not that he means that the services couldn't have happened without xbox live.
Good point -- that's probably what he's talking about. Given that, I'd be curious to know why anyone would twitter from an Xbox...
I'm trying to think of a scenario and -- like you're playing Madden 10 or something and you pop out of it and say "Shit yeah, TD Eagles." Wouldn't it just be easier to use your cell?
From the announcement, XBox's live director takes hyperbole of one's achievements to a new level:
Seven years ago we laid out our vision for the connected console when we launched Xbox LIVE. We believed then that the power of the Internet to connect people would revolutionize living room entertainment. It started with amazing multiplayer games, and we’ve since seen that bet pay off again and again with the launches of Xbox 360, Marketplace, Netflix and powerful social features like Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm. None of this would have been possible without the success of LIVE as a multiplayer gaming network.
Netflix, Facebook, and Twitter would never have happened without XBox live? Really?
He's a step ahead of you. He's tried doing it the right way and gotten no results. So he's going to skip the part where he wastes his time.
What time is wasted? Notifying a company of bugs is just a matter of popping an e-mail to the right person. Sure it could take a few e-mails back and forth to get to the right person, but if you compare the time spent there to the time you spent actually finding the bug, I find it hard to believe that it would be anything but insignificant.